<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:20:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/bertrand/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The primary false belief is anthropocentrism.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world was not created for humans, there is no invisible sky super-intelligence that gave us a divine right to destroy the only planet humans will ever inhabit. Logically, we can't possibly be more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@nooses/the-primary-false-belief-is-anthropocentrism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@nooses/the-primary-false-belief-is-anthropocentrism</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2022 02:41:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpffvXg9UEvxJJZsajS2JyuMgmUrtuVfMr2u1dVjqHaCjmLhMiom1DmTjP7trzKfUyamsfqUx8PbPs5zDuVxWdXJ18bYXfTxZcHizeDd5j74?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0150]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trusted/@helices/philosophy-0150</link><guid 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isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intelligent/@helices/philosophy-0142</guid><category><![CDATA[intelligent]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:28:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0130]]></title><description><![CDATA[If opinion contrary to yours makes you angry, you're subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking it #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/contrary/@helices/philosophy-0130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/contrary/@helices/philosophy-0130</guid><category><![CDATA[contrary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:39:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0127]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sceptics/@helices/philosophy-0127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sceptics/@helices/philosophy-0127</guid><category><![CDATA[sceptics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0119]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instead of deriving pleasure from what he has, the envious person derives pain from what others have #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/envious/@helices/philosophy-0119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/envious/@helices/philosophy-0119</guid><category><![CDATA[envious]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:17:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0115]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fact is, one cannot be intelligent merely by choosing opinions #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intelligent/@helices/philosophy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intelligent/@helices/philosophy</guid><category><![CDATA[intelligent]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:19:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0114]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith" #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/evidence/@helices/philosophy-0114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/evidence/@helices/philosophy-0114</guid><category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:19:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0113]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man who thinks himself virtuous in fearing an angry God will soon begin to see virtue in submission to earthly tyrants #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fearing/@helices/philosophy-01132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fearing/@helices/philosophy-01132</guid><category><![CDATA[fearing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0110]]></title><description><![CDATA[The envious person wishes to inflict misfortune & do so whenever he can with impunity #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/envious/@helices/philosophy-0110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/envious/@helices/philosophy-0110</guid><category><![CDATA[envious]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:42:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0105]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/discourage/@helices/philosophy-0105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/discourage/@helices/philosophy-0105</guid><category><![CDATA[discourage]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:03:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science 0105]]></title><description><![CDATA[What physicist active in 1900 would dream of boasting his opinions had not changed during last half century? #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/boasting/@helices/science-0105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/boasting/@helices/science-0105</guid><category><![CDATA[boasting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:01:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 092]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opinions held for sound reasons have less emotional unity than opinions of dogmatists #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinions/@helices/philosophy-092</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinions/@helices/philosophy-092</guid><category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 090]]></title><description><![CDATA[Society will be produced with all important positions won by those whose stupidity enables them to please the herd #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@helices/philosophy-090</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@helices/philosophy-090</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 082]]></title><description><![CDATA[The history of #wars should be a small part of what is taught in history #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@helices/philosophy-082</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@helices/philosophy-082</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:16:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 080]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been accused of habit of changing opinions. I'm not in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/habit/@helices/philosophy-080</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/habit/@helices/philosophy-080</guid><category><![CDATA[habit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:49:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 074]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long as men aren't trained to withhold judgment in absence of evidence, they'll be led astray by cocksure prophets #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/absence/@helices/philosophy-074</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/absence/@helices/philosophy-074</guid><category><![CDATA[absence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:56:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 053]]></title><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man is not the man who holds such-and-such views but the man who has sound reasons for what he believes and yet does not believe it dogmatically #BertrandRussell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intelligent/@helices/philosophy-053</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intelligent/@helices/philosophy-053</guid><category><![CDATA[intelligent]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:32:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 051]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric #BertrandRussell Ten Commandments]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@helices/philosophy-051</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@helices/philosophy-051</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:42:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>